Fig. 6: Variability in anvil cirrus radiative response to homogeneous freezing.
From: Dissecting cirrus clouds: navigating effects of turbulence on homogeneous ice formation
Probability distributions of cloud radiative effect (CRE) and cloud radiative heating caused by turbulence-induced variability in nucleated ice water content (IWC) and ice crystal effective radii (reff) developed after an HFE. a–c show longwave, shortwave, and net CRE, respectively. The resulting distribution of cloud-induced radiative heating averaged over vertical cloud layers is given in d. Mean values obtained as averages across the probability distributions are given in the top right in each panel; for comparison, cursive font indicates values from a single radiative transfer simulation based on the mean IWC and reff.
